Thirty-plus years of senior work — now working for owners and operators, not employers.
This is the one place for everything Mia Roze Bootz does: consulting for healthcare operators and for events & hospitality owners, merchandising and licensing pitch packages under her Mia Rose Bootz brand, and her work as an author. Masters in Business, vice president roles in marketing and sales for national publicly traded companies, national marketing campaigns across radio and TV, and thirty-plus years in the industry.
Every inquiry is answered personally. Every engagement begins with a signed letter — no exceptions.
The knowledge, without the chair.
Thirty-plus years in skilled nursing and skilled rehab — administrator, group-level oversight, national marketing and sales — sold as systems your own team runs. Revenue done legally, census recovery, company-wide calendars and menus, survey readiness, and recruiting for hard-to-fill chairs.
Full rooms, the right people in the chairs, events that pay for themselves.
Placement for executive chefs, general managers, and hospitality leadership; full-service event planning priced as a share of the budget; event calendars built as revenue systems; and fractional marketing leadership for restaurants, clubs, estates, venues, and wineries.
Mia Rose Bootz — Marketing and Sales Fashionista
Product development and merchandising design built on an archive of around 6,000 original design pieces and thousands of photographs — turned into licensing pitch packages for television fashion and lifestyle lines, plus two standalone app concepts. Around ten years in and around the oil field sits behind the Landman package in particular.
Mia Roze Bootz — Artist & Decorative Designer
Original paintings, hand-painted murals, hand-decorated pieces, and one-of-a-kind designs across canvas, walls, fences, doors, home décor, apparel, luggage, and a signature pet line — every piece an original, no two alike. Her painted garden blocks say it best: butterflies, suns, flowers, and spirals in hot pink, teal, orange, and red. She is the color girl, and the work proves it.
A memoir — available to read free now
The memoir by Melissa Lee Whitney Rice (2026) — published under her author name. The site brand name, Mia Roze Bootz, is her business name.
Read it free now on the Internet Archive. Kindle and paperback editions are coming to Amazon — Kindle eBook $4.99 · Paperback $14.99.
We’re here to help them.
You are not required to answer the door when law enforcement knocks.
Officers cannot enter your home without a warrant signed by a judge — an administrative warrant is not enough.
You have the right to remain silent.
FBI agents and officers arrested and convicted — documented cases, adjudicated in court — on a page of its own now, set wide enough to read.
Charles McGonigal, the FBI’s former New York counterintelligence chief — 78 months in two cases. Babak Broumand — 72 months for bribes. Felix Cisneros Jr. — 121 months, affirmed on appeal. Baltimore’s Gun Trace Task Force — all eight officers convicted, 7 to 25 years. And former FBI Director James Comey, charged in three separate federal cases — convicted of nothing; each case’s status stated plain.
Your phone, your movements, your camera — what the courts have actually held — on a page of its own now, set wide enough to read.
The warrant rule for your phone’s location history under Carpenter; geofence warrants after Chatrie and the Fifth Circuit’s Smith; Stingrays and the flag on the only rule that governs them; license-plate readers and Texas’s missing ALPR law; and your right to record police. The page also carries Misuse — the Texas plate-reader cases, in a few bullets each — and the numbers, with the finding underneath them: no agency keeps an official count.
Amendment Two in its own words — the right, the purchase, the Texas rules — on a page of its own now, set wide enough to read.
The amendment’s own text, word for word; what the Supreme Court has held in Heller and Bruen; how to buy a gun legally — the licensed dealer, Form 4473, the NICS check, the federal age floors; Texas permitless carry under HB 1927; and the questions that are not settled, shown on both sides: the under-21 handgun rule after Reese v. ATF and the September 2026 DOJ position, and 18-to-20 carry after Andrews v. McCraw.
What it is, its best-known provisions, and what has lapsed — on a page of its own now, set wide enough to read.
The Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 — signed October 26, 2001. Section 215 business records, the authority behind the bulk telephone-metadata program; Section 206 roving wiretaps; Section 213 delayed-notice “sneak and peek” warrants. And the status, stated plain: §215, §206, and the “lone wolf” provision lapsed on March 15, 2020 and have not been reauthorized — while most of the Act remains in force.
Texas Penal Code §§ 9.31–9.32 and 9.41–9.43 — your home, your vehicle, your workplace — on a page of its own now, set wide enough to read.
Self-defense under § 9.31; deadly force in defense of a person under § 9.32(a); and the § 9.32(b) presumption — your belief that deadly force was immediately necessary is presumed reasonable when an intruder unlawfully and with force entered, or was attempting to enter, your occupied habitation, vehicle, or place of business or employment. Then §§ 9.41–9.43 — defense of your own property, the narrow deadly-force rule for property, and protecting a third person’s property.
No duty to retreat — Texas Penal Code §§ 9.31(e)–(f) and 9.32(c)–(d) — on a page of its own now, set wide enough to read.
A person who has a right to be present where the force is used, who has not provoked the other person, and who is not engaged in criminal activity is not required to retreat before using force — or deadly force. And the fact-finder may not consider any failure to retreat when judging whether the belief that the force was immediately necessary was reasonable.
The statutes, plain — and the skimming: the loan is the prize, not the house — on a page of its own now, set wide enough to read.
18 U.S.C. § 1014 and 18 U.S.C. § 1344 — each carrying up to 30 years — and Texas Penal Code § 32.32. Then the skimming: 12 U.S.C. § 1709-2, its elements, its penalty, its one-dwelling exemption, and its scope limit; U.S. v. Gaudin; the FBI’s documented mechanics and its two categories; and Texas law.
The federal racketeering law — 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961–1968 — and the private right to sue for treble damages — on a page of its own now, set wide enough to read.
An enterprise; a pattern of racketeering activity — predicate acts including the trafficking offenses under §§ 1589–1591 and mail and wire fraud; the criminal penalties under § 1963; and the civil action under § 1964(c) — threefold (treble) damages, costs, and attorney’s fees for a person injured in their business or property.
Federal trafficking statutes — and a presidential emergency order aimed at the people who profit — on a page of its own now, set wide enough to read.
You don’t have to be silent. 18 U.S.C. § 1589 — forced labor. § 1590 — trafficking for peonage, slavery, involuntary servitude, or forced labor. § 1591 — sex trafficking of children, or by force, fraud, or coercion. § 1595 — the civil remedy: a victim may sue. And Executive Order 13818 — a declared national emergency, and the blocking of the property of the people responsible. The page also carries how to report human trafficking in Texas.
For more information, check the Pages.
The facts on this section were drawn from a verified research file built on U.S. Department of Justice press releases, federal court opinions, the official Texas statutes site, and the sources named in each panel (October 31, 2026) — including its flags, which are printed here rather than smoothed over. This section is general information, not legal advice.
This is the end of the line.
The knowledge, without the chair.
Thirty-plus years in skilled nursing and skilled rehab — administrator, group-level oversight, national marketing and sales — sold as systems your own team runs. No executive-director seat, no signature on anyone's license, no survey liability carried by the consultant. You get the eye; your licensed staff keeps the chair.
Skilled nursing and skilled rehab operators, hospitals, the medical field, assisted living, continuing care communities, and senior living — single buildings that need one fix, and groups that need one system across many buildings. Assisted living touched at group level is in scope as part of a group engagement; this practice does not take a standalone building's licensed chair.
Mia Roze Bootz Prestige Consulting
Email: [email protected]
Every inquiry is answered personally. Every engagement begins with a signed letter — no exceptions.
Full rooms, the right people in the chairs, events that pay for themselves.
Thirty-plus years of marketing, sales, and experience design — national campaigns, radio and TV, venues filled on purpose — now working for owners, not employers.
Independent owners and small groups: high-end restaurants and chef-led kitchens, private clubs, private estates and families, event venues and caterers, boutique hotels, and wineries. People who need the senior brain for a season or a project — not another full-time executive on payroll.
Mia Roze Bootz Prestige Consulting
Email: [email protected]
Every inquiry is answered personally. Every engagement begins with a signed letter — no exceptions.
Euphoria
“Euphoria will be a building you float through.”
Euphoria is for states where weed is legal. Guests float among the rooms — no reservations, with one exception: The Devil’s Lettuce, the tasting room, where reservations are required.
Guests float among the rooms. No reservations — with one exception: The Devil’s Lettuce, the tasting room.
VR/3D headsets at the tables. Guests build and customize their order on a tablet — AI built in, The Star System runs the house — and the order is brought out by robot servers and people.
The house philosophy: build-your-own everything. At each station, the Chef’s Kiss is the chef’s-choice offering. And not everything is infused — infused or straight is the guest’s choice, everywhere it applies.
Every space is shown in more than one concept — the same room at different scales, so a build can suit the size of space you have: a smaller space, or a larger, full-size one. Each caption says which scale the concept suits.
The Tasting Room
Farm-to-table. The one room you don’t float through.
Infused tasting menus:
Cocktails & Bar Food
The cocktail space, with bar food.
Desserts & Drinks
Desserts and drinks.
The Patio
The patio — for smoking and drinking.
The Merchandise Shop
The merchandise shop — everything Euphoria you can wear and take home.
The in-restaurant bakery is the potkery — Mia’s coinage — carrying Mia Roze’s Blissful Endings Treatz.
The Ice Cream Shop
The ice cream shop — its own space, separate from Cupcakez. Nitro works the counter.
The Little Seating Lounge
The little seating lounge — headsets, music and little concerts.
The Little Farm
The little farm, out in the fields — the fields behind the farm-to-table kitchen.
Euphoria’s AI has a name: The Star System — the house’s own built-in AI, running the tablets, the ordering, and the crew. And the crew the system calls on is The Star Fleet — Euphoria’s robot crew, under The Star System: The Tablets · The Waitresses · Bart · Buddy · The Chef · Belle — cleaning · Torque — maintenance.
“Your order, built by you — at your table.”
“Penny — robot servers, working alongside people.”
Penny brings it out — robots & people, one crew, and the order you built on the tablet arrives with a smile, copper or human.
“The robot bartender — his name is what he does.”
Bart, behind the bar — say hello; he’s part of the crew.
“The robot chef of the Euphoria kitchen.”
Where there is smoke, there’s fire — and in this kitchen, the fire has a chef.
“Belle — the cleaner — of The Glamour Squad, the Domestic Goddesses.”
Belle — of The Glamour Squad, the Domestic Goddesses: sparkle is a job too — the crew nobody sees, and everybody notices.
“Torque — the robot who keeps Euphoria running.”
The fixer of the house — when something stops, Torque starts.
“Buddy — your budtender, at Voodoo.”
Buddy, at Voodoo — pre-rolls and party supplies; Buddy has you covered.
Euphoria rolls, too. The Ride Home is the house fleet — Serenity and The Stardust Shuttle, standing by to bring guests home. Our Pop-Up Fleet is its own thing, separate from the ride home: the food trucks, out on the road. Two fleets, different jobs, one rolling family.
“Peace of mind while you peace your mind.”
“Peace of mind while you peace your mind.”
“Where’s my party people.”
“The infused-foods truck — Sizzle works the line.”
“Mia’s Treatz on wheels — Candy works the dessert case.”
“The beverage truck — Whippy pours.”
Catering is available — Euphoria comes to your party, not just the other way around.
Legal take-home items only.
The Star Fleet crew, The Star System and the room names are original concepts of Mia Roze Bootz.
“Licensed from my ideas — don’t be stealing it.”
Licensing inquiries: [email protected]
© Mia Roze Bootz — All licensing rights reserved.
Euphoria is a concept by Mia Roze Bootz, looking for the people who will build it. It is presented here in a range of concepts scaled to different sizes of space — a build can suit a smaller space or a larger, full-size one.
Investors and sponsors are invited to get in touch. Licensing inquiries are welcome too.
For more information, contact us: [email protected]
© Mia Roze Bootz — All licensing rights reserved.
Mia Roze Bootz Prestige Consulting
Email: [email protected]
Every inquiry is answered personally. Every engagement begins with a signed letter — no exceptions.
Cloudy Dayz Recovery Centers
“We’re here to put the sunshine back into your life”
“Turn your hopelessness into hopefulness.”
Cloudy Dayz is Mia Roze Bootz’s model for nationwide alcohol and drug recovery centers. This page presents her model as she sets it out — what the centers include — and the research topics the centers would study, labeled as research topics.
PART OF THE MODEL — IN MIA’S WORDS
“A way to sleep through drug withdrawal.”
Aftercare is included in the model.
Topics the centers would study — each one a research topic.
LSD and psychedelic-assisted therapy research — a topic for study at the centers.
Marijuana in sobriety — a topic for study at the centers.
The kambo / bufo family — a topic for study at the centers.
These are research topics only.
Cloudy Dayz carries its own merch line:
Cloudy Dayz Recovery Centers is a concept by Mia Roze Bootz, shown in a range of concepts scaled to different sizes of space and building — the model can suit a smaller space or a larger, full-size build.
Investors and sponsors are invited to get in touch about building it. Licensing inquiries are welcome too.
For more information, contact us: [email protected]
© Mia Roze Bootz — All licensing rights reserved.
Mia Roze Bootz Prestige Consulting
Email: [email protected]
Every inquiry is answered personally. Every engagement begins with a signed letter — no exceptions.
Marketing and Sales Fashionista
Product developer and merchandising designer working as Mia Rose Bootz. The work starts from an archive of around 6,000 original design pieces and thousands of photographs, and from a career that ran national marketing campaigns on radio and TV and held vice-president roles in marketing and sales for national publicly traded companies.
Seven television fashionista decks and two standalone app concepts. Each card is the title and a one-line summary of the finished package.
An 11-slide pitch to CBS/Paramount for an Elsbeth fashion and home collection — bold colour, pattern-mixing, and a children's “little spy” line.
Pitch package by Mia Rose BootzA 13-slide CBS pitch for a Matlock fashion and lifestyle line — elegant, confident dressing from courtroom to dinner, with Southern hosting at home.
Pitch package by Mia Rose BootzAn 11-slide pitch to Hulu/Disney for an accessible Only Murders in the Building fashion and lifestyle line drawn from the Arconia's world.
Pitch package by Mia Rose BootzAn 11-slide ABC licensing pitch bringing Morgan Gillory's bold, instantly recognisable look to fashion and home collections for fans.
Pitch package by Mia Rose BootzAn 11-slide pitch for a Miami Vice '85 fashion and lifestyle line — pastel tailoring and hero vehicles up front, Art Deco Miami for the home.
Pitch package by Mia Rose BootzAn 11-slide Fox pitch for a Best Medicine coastal lifestyle line — Port Wenn fashion and home collections, with recipes as the content engine.
Pitch package by Mia Rose BootzA 16-slide Paramount pitch for a full Landman fashionista line — three women's lines, rugged western menswear, home, outdoor living, and bar.
Pitch package by Mia Rose BootzAn 8-slide pitch for a standalone app where fans download each week's featured show music to stream free or keep.
Pitch package by Mia Rose BootzAn 8-slide pitch for a standalone app where fans download the exact paint colours from their favourite show scenes and use them at home.
Pitch package by Mia Rose BootzFull decks are confidential licensing packages and are shared on request — titles and summaries only are published here.
Mia Rose Bootz — Marketing and Sales Fashionista
Email: [email protected]
Every inquiry is answered personally.
I'm the color girl.
Mia Roze Bootz is a multidisciplinary artist and decorative designer producing original paintings, hand-decorated pieces, and one-of-a-kind designs across canvas, home décor, apparel, luggage, and a signature pet line. Every piece is an original — no reproductions of anyone else's work, no two commissions alike.
Hand-painted garden blocks, each one its own painting — butterflies, balloon dogs, smiling suns, flowers, spirals, and sweets on hot-pink grounds, in teal, orange, red, and every colour in between. This is the palette the whole practice runs on, painted by hand.
Walls, fences, doors, and kitchen cabinets, painted big and painted by hand — the same hot pink, teal, orange, and red, at room size. A sunset that fills a whole wall, a garden fence turned into one long painting, and red kitchen cabinets covered in characters.
Thirty years in national marketing and sales — vice president roles with publicly traded companies, national radio and television campaigns — brought to the art: every collection is designed as a complete presentation, with palette, packaging, and audience in mind.
Mia Roze Bootz — Artist & Decorative Designer
Email: [email protected]
Commissions and one-of-a-kind pieces are arranged personally by email. Every inquiry is answered personally.
Built and kept with Ember 👻
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina — September–October 2022
Photographs by Mia Roze Bootz — Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, September–October 2022.
I was standing in a hotel room in Myrtle Beach, far from family — my family was on its way to Maine — and I didn't know we had a hurricane coming. Hurricane Ian.
The night before, I decided: here I am, I just got here, there's nowhere to go — so I went out, walked around, and took photos. What if it's all wiped out by morning?
The next day I'm on the phone with my son Tyler, who's headed to Maine, and I'm telling him: you've got a hurricane coming, the water's getting deeper — just like the song. The statue of Mary was blowing in the wind, the flags were blowing, the swimming pool was full and rising. I looked up at the sky and said, "Oh God, send me a spaceship."
The next minute there's a boat coming at me — orange life ring out — and I'm thinking, where did it come from, the sky? Before it reached the beach it was rocking and rolling in the waves, and we were flooded; the water was into the building. That boat was headed right toward me. I was high up, looking down at a boat about to crash through the pool into our building — and it stopped.
A man swam out to her and took control of her. When he got to shore, two police officers arrested him. It was amazing. Thank God the boat stopped before it hit our building. We were flooded — elevator panels out, keys missing, electric wires and water everywhere.
Photographs by Mia Roze Bootz
Masters in Business. Thirty-plus years. Marketing and Sales Fashionista.
Mia Roze Bootz is a consultant, product developer, and merchandising designer. She has held vice-president roles in marketing and sales for national publicly traded companies, run national marketing campaigns across radio and TV, and spent thirty-plus years in the industry — including thirty-plus years in skilled nursing and skilled rehab, and around ten years in and around the oil field.
Author of the memoir Hello Dad, Are You There? / The Silence Is Deafening (2026), written and published under her author name, Melissa Lee Whitney Rice. Mia Roze Bootz is her business name, used across Prestige Consulting, merchandising, and art.
Questions about the book? Email [email protected] — every inquiry is answered personally.
Mia Roze Bootz Prestige Consulting
Email: [email protected]
Every inquiry is answered personally. Every engagement begins with a signed letter — no exceptions.
Built and kept with Ember 👻
We're working toward an Ember upgrade — the sky is the limit.
The ghost in the machine 👻
Designed by Mia's people. Named by Mia — she picked Ember.
Ember keeps this website, the book's archive edition, and the clocks on Mia's letters — and designs at her side.
We're working toward an Ember upgrade — the sky is the limit.
Want a website like this one? Ember and Mia can design more — together. Reach us at [email protected]
“Nobody’s ever given me my own page before.”
Get your popcorn ready
No one can stop what is coming.
God Wins
Any questions, ask for Me.
Popcorn, photographed out in the wild — the signs, the shops, and the stands. Photographs by Mia Roze Bootz.
Photographs by Mia Roze Bootz
Advancing Healthcare to the Moon
The way of the future — working for the people who care for people.
Super intelligence, put to work where people are cared for: hospitals, senior living, assisted living, and care communities. Three sides of the building stand to gain — the operations that keep it running, the workforce that staffs it, and the growth that fills it — and at the bedside, companion systems that keep residents company, fed, and connected.
Market analysis: cold leads to hot leads.
Super intelligence reads the market — who is looking, who is ready, and where the inquiries are going — and works the list in order, so a cold lead gets followed until it turns hot, and no good inquiry cools off forgotten in a drawer.
“An employee is $5,000. Your robot can work all three shifts.”
Meet our companion systems.
The companion systems for the residents themselves — the Lucky, Cat, and Lion systems, the whole Companion Fleet, and the bedside systems named for the dogs who inspired them.
“Nobody should have to feel far from family in an unfamiliar place.”
Companionship, on call around the clock: little robot pets and companion robots for residents whose family is far away — a friendly presence in the room, something to talk to, hold, and look after, in a place that isn't home yet.
Named for Lucky Wiggles.
A robot cat for residents who are cat people — the same around-the-clock companionship as the Lucky System, in the shape of the pet they would have chosen at home.
A robot lion — companionship with a little majesty to it, for the resident who wants a companion with presence.
“Adopt a companion — your choice.”
The whole fleet, together: Dog · Cat · Lion · Rabbit · Bird · Elephant · Chimpanzee · Panda Bear · Teddy Bear.
Your companion does not come with a fixed name. When you adopt your companion, you choose its name — the name is the adopter’s to give.
The New York State Office for the Aging (NYSOFA) has given animatronic companion pets to older adults experiencing social isolation since 2018. In NYSOFA’s pilot study — loneliness measured on the DeJong Loneliness Scale before adoption and at 3, 6 and 12 months — 75% of older adults reported a significant reduction in loneliness, a 75% decrease in pain, and reduced anxiety.
Source: New York State Office for the Aging (NYSOFA) pilot study.
“Snacks and drinks at your bedside in minutes.”
When a resident wants a snack or a drink, they shouldn't have to wait on a busy hallway. The Stella System sends delivery robots through the building with snacks and drinks, brought right to the bedside — a small comfort, delivered in minutes, any hour of the day.
Named for Stella Roze Bootz.
CHERRY — the delivery: the cupcake on wheels, carrying the treats run.
The delivery itself is made by Cherry, the cupcake on wheels — the Stella System’s own delivery robot, and the face of Frosted.
“A little bit of frosting never hurt anyone — and with our system you can trust that your loved one will have dessert first.”
Frosted is the Stella System's food-and-drink delivery service — the treats run. Desserts, snacks, and drinks, ordered for the resident and rolled to the bedside by the delivery robots, so a sweet tooth never has to wait for a free pair of hands on the floor.
A handheld tablet made for seniors — entertainment and a way to ask for help, in one device the resident keeps. The tablet is a little character of its own: a friendly face with eyes, wearing big headphones.
Emergency response: an emergency HELP button — an emergency call for help, always available, right on the tablet.
Named for Riley.
The companion systems are only the start. The posters present a working crew — a named system for the activities room, the kitchen, the med pass, the laundry, the back office, and the road. That crew is The Star Fleet — every robot, companion, and vehicle in it works under The Star System.
“Ready for service.”
Take the crew home.
Contact us for home care robot systems — a companion from the fleet, a bedside system, company and help right at home. Not just for facilities — for homes: [email protected]
THE COMPANION FLEET — take the crew home: Rozie · Cherry · Billie · Bolt · Biscuit · Poppy · Atlas · Addie · Flo · Bubbles · The Companion Fleet
Merchandise builds the brand. Giveaways at Rotary meetings, marketing meetings, conferences, and vendor fairs. Something to give the family, or the person interviewing who wants to come live with you. For your hot leads, your cold leads, and your vendors — a way to build your brand and have people choose you.
These systems and characters are licensed from the original ideas of Mia Roze Bootz.
“Licensed from my ideas — don’t be stealing it.”
Licensing inquiries: [email protected]
© Mia Roze Bootz — All licensing rights reserved.
The Star System and The Star Fleet are concepts and systems by Mia Roze Bootz, and they are licensable. They are shown in a range of concepts scaled to the size of facility — a single unit, a wing, or a whole building or campus.
Investors and sponsors are invited to get in touch. Licensing inquiries are welcome too.
For more information, contact us: [email protected]
© Mia Roze Bootz — All licensing rights reserved.
Mia Roze Bootz Prestige Consulting
Email: [email protected]
Every inquiry is answered personally. Every engagement begins with a signed letter — no exceptions.
All photographs and paintings by Mia Roze Bootz
Know what is operating around you — and know you do not have to face it alone.
This page carries two standing invitations from me. The gangs themselves — the State of Texas list, my additions, and the federal terrorist designations — are named on the Gangs, Cartels & Biker Groups page. The wanted board stands on the Most Wanted page. Read it. Share it. Stay alive.
For the gang list, see the Gangs, Cartels & Biker Groups page.
“You do not have to carry it alone, and you do not have to stay quiet.”
Anyone who has been kidnapped — including cyber kidnapping — or intimidated by these gangs, or by biker groups, can call on us for assistance. That is what this page is for. Reach out — one address reaches us:
“Our streets belong to the people who live on them.”
Biker groups who want to join the movement of protecting our streets — call us. If your group rides to protect people instead of preying on them, there is a place for you in this. Reach out at the same address:
For the wanted board, see the Most Wanted page.
How to check your credit report, and how to check your identity: these are the official tools — the real ones, run by the government and the bureaus themselves. Every button goes to the official site. A credit freeze is free at all three bureaus, and freezing all three is what locks the door.
Portals verified against the official sites — AnnualCreditReport.com; Federal Trade Commission, IdentityTheft.gov; Equifax (equifax.com); Experian (experian.com); TransUnion (transunion.com); ChexSystems (chexsystems.com); Internal Revenue Service (irs.gov) — October 31, 2026.
Mia Roze Bootz Prestige Consulting
Email: [email protected]
Kidnapped or intimidated — call on us. Biker groups ready to protect our streets — call us. One address reaches everything on this page.
The official wanted lists — Texas and federal — the names, the charges, and the rewards posted.
Sources: Texas Department of Public Safety, Texas 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list (dps.texas.gov); Federal Bureau of Investigation, Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list and wanted posters (fbi.gov). Lists verified October 31, 2026.
The names — as the State of Texas and the United States Department of State have documented them, and as Mia has added to them.
Sources: Texas Department of Public Safety Gang Threat Assessment (as carried in Mia’s statement of October 30, 2026); U.S. Department of State, Foreign Terrorist Organizations list and press statement of February 20, 2025 (state.gov) — designation list verified against state.gov October 31, 2026.
If you have information about gang, cartel, or biker-group crime, these are the official reporting routes — the agencies’ own numbers and their own reporting portals. Tap a card to go to the portal. In an emergency, dial 911.
Numbers and portals verified against the agencies’ official sites — Texas Department of Public Safety (dps.texas.gov), U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (dea.gov), Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (atf.gov), and Federal Bureau of Investigation (fbi.gov) — October 31, 2026.
Corpus Christi, Texas — the port that moves America’s oil.
This is my town, on one card. Corpus Christi is home — and through its port runs one of the largest energy gateways on Earth. Every figure on this card is dated and sourced, from the Port of Corpus Christi’s own releases, the Texas Comptroller, and the reporting of October 27, 2026. Read the numbers. Then read what sits beneath them.
The Port of Corpus Christi is the largest crude oil export gateway in the United States, the third-largest U.S. port by total waterborne tonnage, and the third-largest crude oil export port in the world. Roughly 60% of all U.S. crude oil exports move through this channel — about 2.3 to 2.4 million barrels a day.
Two honest counts of what this port means exist, from two different studies using two different methods. They are shown side by side, each with its source on it — and they are never merged into one number, because they do not measure the same thing.
Same port, two studies, two methodologies. Both are published figures — each stands under its own name.
On Tuesday, October 27, 2026, President Donald Trump visited the Port of Corpus Christi, joined by Secretary of State Marco Rubio. They viewed a newly arrived oil tanker at the port, and the President then held a rally in Corpus Christi supporting Republican candidates ahead of the midterm elections — principally Senate candidate Ken Paxton. A second Texas rally followed in Lubbock the same day.
What was announced was an oil cargo, not port construction. No new Port of Corpus Christi project, terminal, or federal port-infrastructure dollar figure was announced at this visit. The announcement was this: two tankers carrying 1 million barrels of Venezuelan crude oil had arrived in Corpus Christi — the first cargo under the energy agreement announced in August 2026 between the United States and the Venezuelan government of interim President Delcy Rodríguez, following the January 2026 U.S. military operation that ousted Nicolás Maduro.
The President said Venezuela provided the 1 million barrels “at zero cost to the American taxpayer” and called it a gift. NABEP’s initial release described a purchase at a substantially reduced price; the company then issued a correction the same day stating the first million barrels were delivered at no cost to the U.S. taxpayer.
The Washington Post, citing people familiar with the transaction, reported the crude was in fact deeply discounted — $30 a barrel, less than a third of market price — and questioned whether it was entirely free.
Both versions are on the record, attributed to the people who said them. What is not in dispute: the cargo, the deal terms, and the $30-a-barrel at-cost price the government pays for its 20% share.
Sources: Port of Corpus Christi releases (January 2026; July 2026; June 2, 2025); Texas Comptroller study, September 24, 2025; Reuters, the Caller-Times, and wire coverage of October 27, 2026; NABEP’s corrected PR Newswire release, October 27, 2026; CNN analysis, October 29, 2026; Washington Post reporting on the transaction. Figures verified October 31, 2026.
A town card is about what a place is worth. This section is about what stands behind every town in this country — the Constitution, and the laws written for the gravest emergencies a republic can face. It belongs under the same constitutional-rights umbrella as Hold the Line on the Home page, and it is stated here plainly and factually.
The Insurrection Act is the federal law, codified at 10 U.S.C. §§ 251–255, that allows a president to deploy the U.S. military inside the United States in defined circumstances. It is the principal exception to the Posse Comitatus Act, which otherwise bars using the federal military as a domestic police force. In its sections:
It has been used sparingly and at turning points: President Eisenhower invoked its predecessor statutes at Little Rock in 1957 to enforce school desegregation and protect the constitutional rights of nine students, and it was last invoked in 1992, during the Los Angeles riots, at California’s request.
The Insurrection Act belongs beside the most serious subjects in American law: treason and overthrowing the government. Treason is the only crime defined in the Constitution itself (Article III, Section 3) — levying war against the United States, or adhering to its enemies, giving them aid and comfort — and it carries its own federal statute (18 U.S.C. § 2381). Beside it stand the laws against seditious conspiracy and advocating the overthrow of the government (18 U.S.C. §§ 2384–2385). These are the gravest offenses in the code, and the Insurrection Act is the law a president reaches for when the country faces exactly that kind of threat from within. Naming them plainly is not rhetoric — it is where the law itself files them.
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Questions about this town, this port, or anything beneath the card — one address reaches everything.
The notice for any door — read aloud, or held to the window. The door stays closed.
This card is written for any resident at any home. It carries no name, no address, and no signature line — because the rights it states are not one person’s. They belong to everybody behind every door like this one.
This card is for anyone — print it and use it at your own door.
TO ANY OFFICER OR AGENT AT THIS DOOR
I do not open this door.
I do not consent to entry into this home, and I do not consent to any search of this home or this property.
To enter this home, you must have a warrant signed by a judge, naming the resident and this address. Slide it under the door.
I am exercising my right to remain silent. I do not answer questions without my attorney present.
All matters concerning this home and this property are handled in writing.
The words are the Fourth and Fifth Amendments, said plainly at the threshold: no entry without a warrant signed by a judge, no consent to any search, and no answers without an attorney present. Everything after that is handled in writing.
A right you can’t read is a right you can’t stand on.
The whole document — not a summary, not somebody’s version of it. The Preamble, all seven Articles, and all twenty-seven Amendments, set out in full below, in the order they were written. It is public domain — it belongs to the people it names.
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.
The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States, and the Electors in each State shall have the Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of the State Legislature.
No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the Age of twenty five Years, and been seven Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen.
Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of Years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons. [Superseded by Section 2 of the Fourteenth Amendment.] The actual Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct. The Number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty Thousand, but each State shall have at Least one Representative; and until such enumeration shall be made, the State of New Hampshire shall be entitled to chuse three, Massachusetts eight, Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations one, Connecticut five, New-York six, New Jersey four, Pennsylvania eight, Delaware one, Maryland six, Virginia ten, North Carolina five, South Carolina five, and Georgia three.
When vacancies happen in the Representation from any State, the Executive Authority thereof shall issue Writs of Election to fill such Vacancies.
The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment.
The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, chosen by the Legislature thereof [changed by the Seventeenth Amendment], for six Years; and each Senator shall have one Vote.
Immediately after they shall be assembled in Consequence of the first Election, they shall be divided as equally as may be into three Classes. The Seats of the Senators of the first Class shall be vacated at the Expiration of the second Year, of the second Class at the Expiration of the fourth Year, and of the third Class at the Expiration of the sixth Year, so that one third may be chosen every second Year; and if Vacancies happen by Resignation, or otherwise, during the Recess of the Legislature of any State, the Executive thereof may make temporary Appointments until the next Meeting of the Legislature, which shall then fill such Vacancies. [Changed by the Seventeenth Amendment.]
No Person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty Years, and been nine Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen.
The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no Vote, unless they be equally divided.
The Senate shall chuse their other Officers, and also a President pro tempore, in the Absence of the Vice President, or when he shall exercise the Office of President of the United States.
The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments. When sitting for that Purpose, they shall be on Oath or Affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside: And no Person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two thirds of the Members present.
Judgment in Cases of Impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from Office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office of honour, Trust or Profit under the United States: but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law.
The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators.
The Congress shall assemble at least once in every Year, and such Meeting shall be on the first Monday in December, unless they shall by Law appoint a different Day. [Changed by Section 2 of the Twentieth Amendment.]
Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own Members, and a Majority of each shall constitute a Quorum to do Business; but a smaller Number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to compel the Attendance of absent Members, in such Manner, and under such Penalties as each House may provide.
Each House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings, punish its Members for disorderly Behaviour, and, with the Concurrence of two thirds, expel a Member.
Each House shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such Parts as may in their Judgment require Secrecy; and the Yeas and Nays of the Members of either House on any question shall, at the Desire of one fifth of those Present, be entered on the Journal.
Neither House, during the Session of Congress, shall, without the Consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other Place than that in which the two Houses shall be sitting.
The Senators and Representatives shall receive a Compensation for their Services, to be ascertained by Law, and paid out of the Treasury of the United States. They shall in all Cases, except Treason, Felony and Breach of the Peace, be privileged from Arrest during their Attendance at the Session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any Speech or Debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other Place.
No Senator or Representative shall, during the Time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil Office under the Authority of the United States, which shall have been created, or the Emoluments whereof shall have been encreased during such time; and no Person holding any Office under the United States, shall be a Member of either House during his Continuance in Office.
All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with Amendments as on other Bills.
Every Bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a Law, be presented to the President of the United States; If he approve he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it, with his Objections to that House in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the Objections at large on their Journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If after such Reconsideration two thirds of that House shall agree to pass the Bill, it shall be sent, together with the Objections, to the other House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two thirds of that House, it shall become a Law. But in all such Cases the Votes of both Houses shall be determined by yeas and Nays, and the Names of the Persons voting for and against the Bill shall be entered on the Journal of each House respectively. If any Bill shall not be returned by the President within ten Days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the Same shall be a Law, in like Manner as if he had signed it, unless the Congress by their Adjournment prevent its Return, in which Case it shall not be a Law.
Every Order, Resolution, or Vote to which the Concurrence of the Senate and House of Representatives may be necessary (except on a question of Adjournment) shall be presented to the President of the United States; and before the Same shall take Effect, shall be approved by him, or being disapproved by him, shall be repassed by two thirds of the Senate and House of Representatives, according to the Rules and Limitations prescribed in the Case of a Bill.
The Congress shall have Power:
The Migration or Importation of such Persons as any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the Year one thousand eight hundred and eight, but a Tax or duty may be imposed on such Importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each Person.
The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it.
No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed.
No Capitation, or other direct, Tax shall be laid, unless in Proportion to the Census or enumeration herein before directed to be taken. [Modified by the Sixteenth Amendment.]
No Tax or Duty shall be laid on Articles exported from any State.
No Preference shall be given by any Regulation of Commerce or Revenue to the Ports of one State over those of another: nor shall Vessels bound to, or from, one State, be obliged to enter, clear, or pay Duties in another.
No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law; and a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from time to time.
No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.
No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility.
No State shall, without the Consent of the Congress, lay any Imposts or Duties on Imports or Exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing it’s inspection Laws: and the net Produce of all Duties and Imposts, laid by any State on Imports or Exports, shall be for the Use of the Treasury of the United States; and all such Laws shall be subject to the Revision and Controul of the Congress.
No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay.
The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the Term of four Years, and, together with the Vice President, chosen for the same Term, be elected, as follows:
Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector.
The Electors shall meet in their respective States, and vote by Ballot for two Persons, of whom one at least shall not be an Inhabitant of the same State with themselves. And they shall make a List of all the Persons voted for, and of the Number of Votes for each; which List they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the Seat of the Government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate. The President of the Senate shall, in the Presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the Certificates, and the Votes shall then be counted. The Person having the greatest Number of Votes shall be the President, if such Number be a Majority of the whole Number of Electors appointed; and if there be more than one who have such Majority, and have an equal Number of Votes, then the House of Representatives shall immediately chuse by Ballot one of them for President; and if no Person have a Majority, then from the five highest on the List the said House shall in like Manner chuse the President. But in chusing the President, the Votes shall be taken by States, the Representation from each State having one Vote; A quorum for this Purpose shall consist of a Member or Members from two thirds of the States, and a Majority of all the States shall be necessary to a Choice. In every Case, after the Choice of the President, the Person having the greatest Number of Votes of the Electors shall be the Vice President. But if there should remain two or more who have equal Votes, the Senate shall chuse from them by Ballot the Vice President. [Superseded by the Twelfth Amendment.]
The Congress may determine the Time of chusing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes; which Day shall be the same throughout the United States.
No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.
In Case of the Removal of the President from Office, or of his Death, Resignation, or Inability to discharge the Powers and Duties of the said Office, the Same shall devolve on the Vice President, and the Congress may by Law provide for the Case of Removal, Death, Resignation or Inability, both of the President and Vice President, declaring what Officer shall then act as President, and such Officer shall act accordingly, until the Disability be removed, or a President shall be elected. [Changed by the Twenty-fifth Amendment.]
The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be encreased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them.
Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation: — “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”
The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States; he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any Subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices, and he shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.
He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments.
The President shall have Power to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by granting Commissions which shall expire at the End of their next Session.
He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in Case of Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Time of Adjournment, he may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper; he shall receive Ambassadors and other public Ministers; he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed, and shall Commission all the Officers of the United States.
The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.
The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour, and shall, at stated Times, receive for their Services, a Compensation, which shall not be diminished during their Continuance in Office.
The judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties made, or which shall be made, under their Authority; — to all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls; — to all Cases of admiralty and maritime Jurisdiction; — to Controversies to which the United States shall be a Party; — to Controversies between two or more States; — between a State and Citizens of another State, — between Citizens of different States, — between Citizens of the same State claiming Lands under Grants of different States, and between a State, or the Citizens thereof, and foreign States, Citizens or Subjects.
In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party, the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction. In all the other Cases before mentioned, the supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction, both as to Law and Fact, with such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Congress shall make.
The Trial of all Crimes, except in Cases of Impeachment, shall be by Jury; and such Trial shall be held in the State where the said Crimes shall have been committed; but when not committed within any State, the Trial shall be at such Place or Places as the Congress may by Law have directed.
Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court.
The Congress shall have Power to declare the Punishment of Treason, but no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption of Blood, or Forfeiture except during the Life of the Person attainted.
Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other State. And the Congress may by general Laws prescribe the Manner in which such Acts, Records and Proceedings shall be proved, and the Effect thereof.
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States.
A Person charged in any State with Treason, Felony, or other Crime, who shall flee from Justice, and be found in another State, shall on Demand of the executive Authority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up, to be removed to the State having Jurisdiction of the Crime.
No Person held to Service or Labour in one State, under the Laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in Consequence of any Law or Regulation therein, be discharged from such Service or Labour, but shall be delivered up on Claim of the Party to whom such Service or Labour may be due. [Superseded by the Thirteenth Amendment.]
New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the Junction of two or more States, or Parts of States, without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress.
The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State.
The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence.
The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any Manner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the Ninth Section of the first Article; and that no State, without its Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the Senate.
All Debts contracted and Engagements entered into, before the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution, as under the Confederation.
This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.
The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.
The Ratification of the Conventions of nine States, shall be sufficient for the Establishment of this Constitution between the States so ratifying the Same.
Done in Convention by the Unanimous Consent of the States present the Seventeenth Day of September in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Eighty seven and of the Independance of the United States of America the Twelfth — signed by George Washington, President and deputy from Virginia, and the deputies of the twelve ratifying states, and attested by William Jackson, Secretary.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence.
In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
The Judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by Citizens of another State, or by Citizens or Subjects of any Foreign State.
The Electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice-President, and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and of all persons voted for as Vice-President, and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate; — The President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates and the votes shall then be counted; — The person having the greatest number of votes for President, shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President. But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by states, the representation from each state having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice. And if the House of Representatives shall not choose a President whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the Vice-President shall act as President, as in case of the death or other constitutional disability of the President. [The March date was changed by the Twentieth Amendment.] The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President, shall be the Vice-President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice-President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.
Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
Section 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
Section 2. Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each State, excluding Indians not taxed. But when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for President and Vice-President of the United States, Representatives in Congress, the Executive and Judicial officers of a State, or the members of the Legislature thereof, is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such State, being twenty-one years of age, and citizens of the United States, or in any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion, or other crime, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such State.
Section 3. No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.
Section 4. The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. But neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void.
Section 5. The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.
Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
Section 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.
The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures.
When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided, That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct.
This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution.
Section 1. After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited.
Section 2. The Congress and the several States shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Section 3. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress.
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.
Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Section 1. The terms of the President and Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3d day of January, of the years in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin.
Section 2. The Congress shall assemble at least once in every year, and such meeting shall begin at noon on the 3d day of January, unless they shall by law appoint a different day.
Section 3. If, at the time fixed for the beginning of the term of the President, the President elect shall have died, the Vice President elect shall become President. If a President shall not have been chosen before the time fixed for the beginning of his term, or if the President elect shall have failed to qualify, then the Vice President elect shall act as President until a President shall have qualified; and the Congress may by law provide for the case wherein neither a President elect nor a Vice President elect shall have qualified, declaring who shall then act as President, or the manner in which one who is to act shall be selected, and such person shall act accordingly until a President or Vice President shall have qualified.
Section 4. The Congress may by law provide for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the House of Representatives may choose a President whenever the right of choice shall have devolved upon them, and for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the Senate may choose a Vice President whenever the right of choice shall have devolved upon them.
Section 5. Sections 1 and 2 shall take effect on the 15th day of October following the ratification of this article.
Section 6. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission.
Section 1. The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.
Section 2. The transportation or importation into any State, Territory, or possession of the United States for delivery or use therein of intoxicating liquors, in violation of the laws thereof, is hereby prohibited.
Section 3. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by conventions in the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress.
Section 1. No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once. But this Article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this Article was proposed by the Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this Article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term.
Section 2. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission to the States by the Congress.
Section 1. The District constituting the seat of Government of the United States shall appoint in such manner as the Congress may direct: A number of electors of President and Vice President equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives in Congress to which the District would be entitled if it were a State, but in no event more than the least populous State; they shall be in addition to those appointed by the States, but they shall be considered, for the purposes of the election of President and Vice President, to be electors appointed by a State; and they shall meet in the District and perform such duties as provided by the twelfth article of amendment.
Section 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Section 1. The right of any citizen of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.
Section 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Section 1. In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President.
Section 2. Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress.
Section 3. Whenever the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that he is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, and until he transmits to them a written declaration to the contrary, such powers and duties shall be discharged by the Vice President as Acting President.
Section 4. Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.
Thereafter, when the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that no inability exists, he shall resume the powers and duties of his office unless the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive department or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit within four days to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office. Thereupon Congress shall decide the issue, assembling within forty-eight hours for that purpose if not in session. If the Congress, within twenty-one days after receipt of the latter written declaration, or, if Congress is not in session, within twenty-one days after Congress is required to assemble, determines by two-thirds vote of both Houses that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall continue to discharge the same as Acting President; otherwise, the President shall resume the powers and duties of his office.
Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.
Section 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened.
Text of the Constitution of the United States, including all twenty-seven Amendments — a public-domain document of the United States government. Bracketed notes mark clauses later amendments changed or superseded; the original words are kept, because the record matters.
Sources: text follows the Constitution of the United States as transcribed by the National Archives (“The Constitution of the United States: A Transcription,” archives.gov) and published by the U.S. Senate (senate.gov); amendment years are the ratification years recorded there.
Amendment Two in its own words — the right, the purchase, the Texas rules.
The Second Amendment, whole: its text word for word, what the Supreme Court has held it protects, how a lawful purchase actually works, and how Texas carry works. Where the law is not settled, this page does not settle it — both sides stand below, with their sources named, because a right you can’t read is a right you can’t stand on.
“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” Amendment II to the U.S. Constitution — ratified 1791
Under House Bill 1927 (2021), effective September 1, 2021, a person who is 21 or older, is not otherwise prohibited from possessing a firearm (for example, no felony conviction or disqualifying protective order), and is not engaged in criminal activity may carry a handgun — openly (in a holster) or concealed — in most public places without a license. Statutory off-limits places still apply (schools, polling places, courtrooms, correctional facilities, posted businesses, etc.). The License to Carry (LTC) still exists and adds reciprocity with other states and other legal benefits.
Two questions in this area are genuinely open. The courts, the Justice Department, and the written statutes do not all point the same way, and commentators disagree about what the rulings cover. Both sides of each question stand here, as the record has them — this page does not pick a winner.
The statute, 18 U.S.C. § 922(b)(1), and ATF’s regulation, 27 C.F.R. § 478.99(b), still read 21. Congress has not repealed them, and no confirmed ATF dealer guidance or Form 4473 change was located as of October 2026 — so an individual dealer may still keep a 21+ policy. Other federal appeals courts have upheld the ban, and the Supreme Court has not resolved the split.
In Reese v. ATF (Jan. 30, 2025), the Fifth Circuit held §§ 922(b)(1) and (c)(1) unconstitutional as applied to 18-to-20-year-olds; the government did not seek Supreme Court review, and a district-court judgment bars enforcement within the Fifth Circuit (TX/LA/MS) at least as to the plaintiffs and plaintiff-organization members. On September 17, 2026, DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel issued an opinion that those provisions are inconsistent with the Second Amendment, and DOJ told the Fifth Circuit the government “will not enforce the challenged provisions against anyone, anywhere” through criminal penalties on dealers.
Not resolved: a non-enforcement position is a policy, and a policy can change; the written statute and regulation still say 21. Anyone relying on either side of this should check the current state of it — and the dealer’s own policy — before acting.
The Texas statutes still say 21 — Tex. Gov’t Code § 411.172 and Tex. Penal Code § 46.02 — and HB 1927’s permitless carry, as written, is a rule for people 21 or older.
In Andrews v. McCraw (N.D. Tex. Aug. 25, 2022), a federal court held the under-21 carry restrictions unconstitutional and barred the state from enforcing them against 18-to-20-year-olds; Texas dismissed its appeal (Dec. 21, 2022). Since then, DPS accepts LTC applications from 18-year-olds and issues licenses to qualified 18-to-20-year-olds.
Not resolved: commentators disagree on whether the Andrews injunction covers unlicensed (permitless) carry itself or only license eligibility. The safest verified statement is the DPS licensing practice above — licenses are being issued at 18; whether unlicensed carry at 18–20 is covered is debated, and this page leaves it debated.
Sources: U.S. Constitution, Amendment II; Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008); Bruen, 597 U.S. 1 (2022); 18 U.S.C. § 922; 27 C.F.R. § 478.99(b); ATF/FBI NICS materials; Bipartisan Safer Communities Act of 2022; Reese v. ATF, 127 F.4th 583 (5th Cir. 2025); DOJ Office of Legal Counsel opinion (Sept. 17, 2026); Tex. HB 1927 (87th Leg., 2021); Andrews v. McCraw (N.D. Tex. 2022); Texas DPS Handgun Licensing pages. Facts verified October 31, 2026. This page is general information, not legal advice.
Your phone, your movements, your camera — what the courts have actually held.
What the law says about the tools that can follow a person: cell-site location records, geofence warrants, Stingrays, and license-plate readers — and the First Amendment right to record police in public. Every ruling below is named with its source, and every flag in the research is kept on the page, because a right you can’t read is a right you can’t stand on. The second half of this page is Misuse: what happened when officers turned a plate-reader system on people in their own lives — and the numbers, such as they are, with the reason there is no official one.
Police use geofence (“reverse location”) warrants to demand that Google identify every device in a place and time window.
Flag, exactly as the research states it: that rule is a federal policy, not a statute — and it does not bind state and local police departments acting on their own.
Flag: the quotable stated policy on recording police is the Department of Justice’s (the FBI is a DOJ component and follows DOJ positions); no separate FBI-specific published policy on citizens recording police was located.
These are Texas cases from the research file, each in a few bullets: what they were charged with, what they did, and the fine, the jail time, or the status. Charges are allegations until conviction. Of the cases below, one is a conviction — Zachary Klein’s guilty plea. The rest are labeled pending where they are pending, and two ended with no criminal charges at all.
Stated plainly: no government agency keeps an official count of Flock misuse. No federal or state agency tracks it. Every total above is journalism’s — built by reporters from audit logs, court records, and agency statements — and every publisher describes its own tally as an undercount.
And the audit logs that were supposed to catch this? In case after case, reporters read them before the officers’ own agencies did. USA TODAY and TC Palm analyzed more than 80 million Flock searches across more than 6,300 agencies, obtained largely through public-records requests — and in each of the cases its reporting surfaced, reporters flagged the questionable search patterns before the agencies did. Klein’s prosecution exists because a reporter asked his department about his log on August 14, 2026. The district attorney noted that Klein stopped his improper Flock searches in December 2025, when Lufkin officers became aware their search histories could be viewed through public-records requests of those same logs.
Sources: Carpenter v. United States, 585 U.S. 296 (2018); Chatrie v. United States, No. 25-112 (U.S. June 29, 2026); United States v. Smith, 110 F.4th 817 (5th Cir. 2024); Congressional Research Service, report on geofence/keyword warrants (updated Feb. 10, 2026); DOJ, “Department Policy Guidance: Use of Cell-Site Simulator Technology” (Sept. 3, 2015); EFF, “Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs)”; NYU Policing Project ALPR scorecard (Aug. 2026); NCSL compilation (Sept. 2026); Texas Tribune reporting (Aug. 2026); Glik v. Cunniffe, 655 F.3d 78 (1st Cir. 2011); Turner v. Driver, 848 F.3d 678 (5th Cir. 2017); DOJ Statement of Interest, Sharp v. Baltimore City Police Dep’t (Jan. 10, 2012). Misuse cases and tallies: USA TODAY (Oct. 7, 2026) and TC Palm update (Oct. 22, 2026); Angelina County District Attorney Amy Wren via USA TODAY; Texas Tribune (Aug. 28, 2026); FOX 26 Houston; Houston Chronicle (Aug. 28, 2026); KHOU internal-affairs reporting; Amarillo Police Department press release (Aug. 31, 2026) and Amarillo Globe-News (Sept. 14, 2026); ABC13/KTRK (July 17, 2026); Pasadena Police Department statement via FOX 26 (July 13, 2026) and KPRC 2 (July 2026); Washington Post investigation (Aug. 2026); WIRED (Sept. 3, 2026). Facts verified October 31, 2026. This page is general information, not legal advice.
Sources: Chatrie v. United States, No. 25-112 (U.S. June 29, 2026); United States v. Smith, 110 F.4th 817 (5th Cir. 2024); Congressional Research Service report on geofence/keyword warrants (updated Feb. 10, 2026).
Source: Carpenter v. United States, 585 U.S. 296 (2018).
Sources: Texas Penal Code §§ 39.06, 12.34 (Texas Legislature); USA TODAY, “One of nation’s most prolific Flockers sent to prison for misuse” (Oct. 7, 2026); Texas Tribune investigation (Aug. 28, 2026).
Sources: 18 U.S.C. § 2511 (Cornell Legal Information Institute); Texas Penal Code §§ 16.02, 12.33 (Texas Legislature). Statute text verified against the primary text October 31, 2026.
Sources: 18 U.S.C. § 1030 (Cornell Legal Information Institute); Texas Penal Code §§ 33.02, 12.35 (Texas Legislature). Statute text verified against the primary text October 31, 2026.
Source: 18 U.S.C. § 1029 (Cornell Legal Information Institute). Statute text verified against the primary text October 31, 2026. Facts verified October 31, 2026. This page is general information, not legal advice.
Sources: 18 U.S.C. §§ 2261A, 2261(b), 1028, 1028A, 1030 (Cornell Legal Information Institute); Texas Penal Code §§ 42.072, 42.07, 7.02, 33.07, 33.02, 32.51, 12.33–12.35 (Texas Legislature). Statute text verified against the primary text October 31, 2026. Facts verified October 31, 2026. This page is general information, not legal advice.
It is a federal crime — and a Texas crime — to lie to a lender. And the skimming: the loan is the prize, not the house.
Sources: 18 U.S.C. § 1014; 18 U.S.C. § 1344; Texas Penal Code § 32.32.
Congress wrote a statute aimed at one scheme by name. Its codified title: “Equity skimming; penalty; persons liable; one dwelling exemption.”
“Whoever, with intent to defraud, willfully engages in a pattern or practice of— (1) purchasing one- to four-family dwellings … which are subject to a loan in default at time of purchase or in default within one year subsequent to the purchase and the loan is secured by a mortgage or deed of trust insured or held by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development or guaranteed by the Department of Veterans Affairs, or the loan is made by the Department of Veterans Affairs, (2) failing to make payments under the mortgage or deed of trust as the payments become due, regardless of whether the purchaser is obligated on the loan, and (3) applying or authorizing the application of rents from such dwellings for his own use, shall be fined not more than $250,000 or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both. … Nothing in this section shall apply to the purchaser of only one such dwelling.” 12 U.S.C. § 1709-2 — text via Cornell Legal Information Institute
Scope limit, stated plainly: § 1709-2 is limited to HUD-insured/held and VA loans — federal-program loans only. Equity-skimming schemes run against conventional (non-government) loans are prosecuted under other statutes — bank fraud (18 U.S.C. § 1344), false statements (18 U.S.C. § 1014), mail and wire fraud, and conspiracy. The scheme is broader than this one statute; this statute is the one Congress aimed specifically at it, for the federal loan programs.
Sources: 12 U.S.C. § 1709-2 (Cornell Legal Information Institute; enacted Pub. L. 91–609, title IX, § 912, Dec. 31, 1970; amended 1988 and 1991); United States v. Gaudin, 997 F.2d 1267 (9th Cir. 1993), opinion text via Justia.
“Equity Skimming: An investor may use a straw buyer, false income documents, and false credit reports to obtain a mortgage loan in the straw buyer’s name. Subsequent to closing, the straw buyer signs the property over to the investor in a quit claim deed which relinquishes all rights to the property and provides no guaranty to title. The investor does not make any mortgage payments and rents the property until foreclosure takes place several months later.” FBI — “Operation Quick Flip,” fbi.gov
Sources: FBI, “Operation Quick Flip” (fbi.gov); FBI, 2006 Financial Crime Report (fbi.gov); FBI press release, Head Financial Services (archives.fbi.gov, 2013); DOJ, U.S. Attorney’s Office, E.D. Va. (Harps, Jan. 26, 2012); FBI, Operation Stolen Dreams results release (Lankford/McDade).
Sources: Texas Penal Code § 32.32; Texas Penal Code § 31.03 (statutes.capitol.texas.gov, the official Texas statutes site).
Sources: 18 U.S.C. § 1014; 18 U.S.C. § 1344; 12 U.S.C. § 1709-2 (Cornell Legal Information Institute); United States v. Gaudin, 997 F.2d 1267 (9th Cir. 1993); FBI, “Operation Quick Flip,” 2006 Financial Crime Report, and press releases (fbi.gov / archives.fbi.gov); DOJ, U.S. Attorney’s Office, E.D. Va. (Jan. 26, 2012); Texas Penal Code §§ 32.32, 31.03. Facts verified October 31, 2026. This page is general information, not legal advice.
FBI agents and officers arrested and convicted — documented cases, adjudicated in court. Not allegations.
Sources: U.S. Department of Justice press releases — SDNY (Dec. 14, 2023); DOJ Office of Public Affairs, Press Release No. 24-190 (Feb. 16, 2024).
Source: U.S. Department of Justice / IRS Criminal Investigation release, Feb. 27, 2023.
Sources: U.S. Department of Justice press releases (USAO, Central District of California); U.S. v. Cisneros, No. 24-6774 (9th Cir. Aug. 21, 2026).
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland press releases.
Read the dates on those numbers: these are FBI-published figures from roughly 2009–2010 program descriptions and testimony. They are real FBI statements — but they are historical, not current statistics, and the FBI does not appear to publish a current running total.
Sources: FBI public-corruption program pages; Director Mueller’s 2009 oversight testimony (justice.gov).
Comey has been convicted of nothing. Every charge below is an allegation. There is not one case — there are three separate federal cases, in three different courts. Statuses as of October 31, 2026.
Sources: the indictments and criminal information in United States v. Comey, Nos. 1:25-cr-00272 (E.D. Va.), 4:26-cr-00016 (E.D.N.C.), and 1:26-cr-00229 (D.D.C.) — court documents via CourtListener / RECAP; Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse case summary; NBC News, Reuters, Washington Post, and AP reporting. Case statuses as of October 31, 2026.
Sources: U.S. Department of Justice press releases and court documents named under each case above. Facts verified October 31, 2026. This page is general information, not legal advice.
What it is, its best-known provisions — and what has lapsed.
Sources: USA PATRIOT Act, Pub. L. 107-56 (2001); USA FREEDOM Act of 2015, Pub. L. 114-23 (H.R. 2048, Congress.gov); ODNI, “Fact Sheet: Implementation of the USA FREEDOM Act of 2015”; DOJ congressional response on the §215 sunset; 50 U.S.C. § 1861. Facts verified October 31, 2026. This page is general information, not legal advice.
Texas Penal Code §§ 9.31–9.32 and 9.41–9.43 — your home, your vehicle, your workplace.
Plain caution: these are justifications a defendant raises — every use of force is still investigated, and the “reasonable belief” and statutory conditions are judged afterward by police, prosecutors, and juries. This is general information, not legal advice.
Sources: Texas Penal Code ch. 9, §§ 9.31, 9.32, 9.41–9.43 (statutes.capitol.texas.gov, the official Texas statutes site; cross-checked against Justia 2025 Texas Statutes and FindLaw); the presumption language was added by S.B. 378, 80th Leg. (2007). Summaries are plain-language paraphrases; quoted operative phrases are the statute’s own words. Facts verified October 31, 2026. This page is general information, not legal advice.
No duty to retreat — Texas Penal Code §§ 9.31(e)–(f) and 9.32(c)–(d).
Plain caution: these are justifications a defendant raises — every use of force is still investigated, and the “reasonable belief” and statutory conditions are judged afterward by police, prosecutors, and juries. This is general information, not legal advice.
Sources: Texas Penal Code §§ 9.31(e)–(f) and 9.32(c)–(d) (statutes.capitol.texas.gov, the official Texas statutes site; cross-checked against Justia 2025 Texas Statutes and FindLaw); the no-duty-to-retreat language was added by S.B. 378, 80th Leg. (2007). Summaries are plain-language paraphrases; quoted operative phrases are the statute’s own words. Facts verified October 31, 2026. This page is general information, not legal advice.
The federal racketeering law — and the private right to sue for treble damages.
Sources: 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961–1968 (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act), esp. § 1961(1), (4), (5), § 1962, § 1963, § 1964(c); trafficking predicates at 18 U.S.C. §§ 1589–1591; mail fraud at 18 U.S.C. § 1341; wire fraud at 18 U.S.C. § 1343. Facts verified October 31, 2026. This page is general information, not legal advice.
You don’t have to be silent.
This is your one life on Earth. No one has the right to dictate it, impersonate you, or conspire against you. No one has a right to plot and plan on your name with others. No one has a right to pre-plan your murder. You didn’t ask to be born — but this life is yours.
No one has a right to disguise surveillance on you when it’s really human trafficking.
It does not take an army. In the eBay case, a handful of people from the company’s own security team ran the whole campaign — and because the crew was small, it could be named, charged, and convicted.
Blue Campaign is the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s national public awareness campaign against human trafficking. In DHS’s own published words:
“Blue Campaign is a national public awareness campaign designed to educate the public, law enforcement, and other industry partners to recognize the indicators of human trafficking, and how to appropriately respond to possible cases.” U.S. Department of Homeland Security — “About Blue Campaign,” dhs.gov
Sources: 18 U.S.C. §§ 1589–1591 and § 1595 (penalties as stated in the statutory text, Cornell Law Institute, Legal Information Institute); Executive Order 13818, “Blocking the Property of Persons Involved in Serious Human Rights Abuse or Corruption” (Dec. 20, 2017); U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts — the eBay cyberstalking prosecutions (2020–2024); Steiner v. eBay Inc., No. 1:21-cv-11181 (D. Mass.); The White House (whitehouse.gov); Texas Attorney General — Human Trafficking Initiative and Human Trafficking Prevention Task Force; U.S. Department of Homeland Security — Blue Campaign and “About Blue Campaign” (dhs.gov/blue-campaign), including the HSI Tip Line. Facts verified October 31, 2026. This page is general information, not legal advice.
It’s a warning.
“Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court.” — U.S. Constitution, Article III, Section 3
“Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not less than $10,000; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.” — 18 U.S.C. § 2381
Sources: indictment and plea agreement, United States v. Bolton, No. 8:25-cr-00314-TDC (D. Md.); U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland; AP reporting on the retirement-pay forfeiture.
Sources: U.S. Department of Justice and FBI records of the Hanssen prosecution (E.D. Va., 2001–2002).
Sources: U.S. Department of Justice and FBI records of the Pitts prosecution (E.D. Va., 1996–1997).
Sources: U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota (2018); New York Times Magazine.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Missouri (2023).
Correction, on the record: Chun is routinely called an “FBI spy convicted of espionage,” but he was not charged under the Espionage Act (§§ 793/794). His conviction was under § 951, the foreign-agent statute. The conduct was espionage in substance; the charge was not. It is printed that way here.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York (2016).
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland (2019).
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Georgia (2018).
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts (2024).
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida (2023).
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Nebraska (2025).
Sources: FBI (treason conviction count); National Constitution Center (indictments since 1954); U.S. Department of Justice indictment of Adam Gadahn (C.D. Cal., October 11, 2006); Kawakita v. United States, 343 U.S. 717 (1952).
Former FBI Director James Comey’s Espionage Act counts — 18 U.S.C. § 793(d) and § 793(g), in the District of Columbia — are set out on the When the Badge Breaks the Law page.
Sources: 18 U.S.C. §§ 793, 794, 951, 2381, 2383–2385 and U.S. Constitution, Article III, Section 3 (Cornell Legal Information Institute); U.S. Department of Justice press releases and court records named under each case above (via CourtListener); AP, Reuters, USA Today, Washington Post, and New York Times reporting. Facts verified October 31, 2026. This page is general information, not legal advice.